nency of the recommendation (so unfortunately disregarded) of the Royal Commission of 1823, in which local Government for this province, and the constant presence of an officer armed with ample powers, are insisted on; and, at the same time, the expediency shown of applying "some uniform and consistent principles to the intercourse of the colonists with the Kafir and other tribes; of preventing their collision, and of checking the desultory warfare that has prevailed along a considerable part of the frontier.

In bidding your Excellency farewell, it is a matter of deep regret to the inhabitants of this city that your stay amongst them should not have been prolonged-a regret which is mitigated by the reflection. that your Excellency has been called upon to assume duties of higher responsibility in Her Majesty's service, amidst the cares of which, we trust, that the inhabitants of this frontier may not be forgotten; and that they may still have the advantage of that influence which, from your knowledge of the colony, and your high position in the parent state, you must necessarily enjoy.

Your Excellency may rest assured that you quit this frontier with the esteem of the inhabitants at large, and that you leave behind you a name that will not be forgotten.

With these sentiments we most respectfully bid your Excellency farewell. And that you may enjoy continued health; that you may arrive safely in the bosom of your family; and may long be spared to your country, in the enjoyment of the bounties of a Beneficent Providence, is the heartfelt prayer of Your Excellency's

Very faithful and grateful Servants,

ANSWER TO THE GRAHAM'S TOWN ADDRESS.

GENTLEMEN,

- I return my sincere thanks for the very gratifying Address you have been deputed to offer me.

During the two years in which I have been charged by Our Gracious Sovereign with the government and command in this colony, you have, no doubt, been justly anxious that the powers entrusted to me should be rightly exercised, and in the manner most conducive to your welfare.

I can assure you that I have been no less anxious and diligent in my endeavours, as far as my abilities would serve, to do all in my power for your benefit.

During the progress of events, I have not courted your praise, or been deterred from my conscientious line of conduct by occasional doubts or impatience; and we have not been much in the habit of complimenting each other.

It is for this very reason that now, at the close of my career in this country, I receive the expressions of the approbation and thanks of the enlightened community which you represent for the humble services which I have been able to render, with sincere gratification.

Gentlemen, I shall always take a lively interest in your welfare and prosperity; and I leave you with the confident hope that the peace which now reigns throughout the land is sufficiently established to enable you, by the exercise of your own energies, to maintain your vantage ground by the judicious use of the powers of self-government now entrusted to you, to work out a full development of the resources of this extensive territory to the best advantage; and long may you enjoy the fruits in health, security, and peace.

To His Excellency Lieut.-General the Hon. GEORGE CATHCART, K.C.B., &c.

Received May 26, 1854.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,-We, the undersigned Commissioners of the Municipality and inhabitants of the Town of Port Elizabeth, eagerly avail ourselves of this opportunity to express to your Excellency, ere you quit our shores, our high sense of the ability and discretion which your Excellency has, for a period of two years, exercised in the Government and command of this colony.

We would also beg to convey to your Excellency our unqualified approbation of the able and effectual measures adopted by your Excellency in the restoration of peace, and in protecting our exposed borders from the inroads of Kafirs; and we shall ever attribute the future enjoyment of peace and safety to your Excellency's untiring perseverance, and to your prolonged presence on the immediate frontier.

We beg permission to offer to your Excellency a sincere and heartfelt farewell. Your loss, both as a soldier and a statesman, will be deeply felt and unfeignedly lamented; and our earnest wishes will attend you for a speedy and prosperous voyage to your native shores, where we hope and pray you may long be spared to exercise, in your new sphere of action, the abilities with which Heaven has blessed you.

Your Excellency's

Most grateful and humble Servants,

(Signed)

J. H. RUTHerford,

And three pages of foolscap double column Signatures.

ANSWER TO PORT ELIZABETH ADDRESS.

GENTLEMEN,-I thank you for the obliging Address with which you have honoured me.

It is very satisfactory to me to learn, now, on the eve of my departure from your shores, that my two years' administration of this Government has been attended with satisfactory results.

Gentlemen, I now bid you farewell; and long may you live in the enjoyment of health, and peace, and all possible prosperity.

To His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir GEORGE CATHCART, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope.

Cape Town.

SIR,-It is always a pleasing duty to welcome the return of those who, like yourself, have been engaged in the discharge of arduous public duties, and whose zeal and ability have been conspicuous in surmounting difficulties and organising effective measures for the benefit and security of the country whose welfare depended upon the policy they pursued.

Strongly impressed with these feelings, we, the undersigned, merchants and other inhabitants of Cape Town, embrace the opportunity which your Excellency's recent return amongst us has afforded, for offering our congratulations upon the result of your services in terminating the Kafir war, and providing against a recurrence of so fearful a calamity.

It rarely happens that any officer, while occupying so high a political station in a colony, secures to himself the general approval of all his measures; but it is our gratifying duty to acknowledge and cherish the remembrance of those which promise to exercise so important an influence on the future happiness of this colony. We allude especially to the satisfactory conclusion of the costly and harassing war with the Kafir tribes upon our border, which spread such extensive and appalling devastation throughout the frontier districts, and opposed so formidable a check to the general prosperity of the colony; and to the sys

tem which your Excellency has organised for its future protection-a system which, we feel assured, will be productive of all those advantages hereafter which can reasonably be expected from the resources available for its maintenance, if judiciously followed up by your successors in the Government of the eastern province.

In offering to your Excellency our very hearty congratulations on the accomplishment of these important undertakings, and our thanks for the benefits which have resulted and we hope will result from them, we confidently trust that, in addition to the satisfaction you must necessarily derive from the success which has crowned your efforts, you will not fail to receive the marked approbation of your Sovereign.

We have the honour to be,

Your most obedient humble Servants,

(Very numerously signed.)

To His Excellency Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir GEORGE CATHCART, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope.

The Commissioners for the municipalities of the city of Cape Town beg to refer with much satisfaction to the Address which they had the honour to present, in congratulating your Excellency upon your assuming the chief command and government of this colony, and they now feel much happiness, not, however, unmingled with regret for the loss which the colony will sustain thereby, in tendering to your Excellency, upon resigning those high offices, our sincere thanks for the valuable services rendered by your Excellency during that eventful period in the discharge of the most onerous, complicated, and responsible duties, and under the most trying circumstances.